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From Gyang Bere, Jos
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Bauchi Zone, has said Minister of Education Adamu Adamu has taken deliberate steps to undermine the future of Nigerian youths following his insincerity and misleading facts in resolving the ongoing ASUU strike.
Zonal Coordinator Prof Lawan G Abubakar disclosed this on Saturday at a press briefing at ASUU Secretariat, UNIJOS, stating the zone will no longer condone the altitude of the Minister who has misled Nigerians against ASUU.
“For Adamu Adamu to lead his colleagues, the other ministers to misrepresent facts and mislead the good people of Nigeria against ASUU is rather unfortunate. It is the highest level of unpatriotic disservice a minister would do to his nation, particularly in a sector like education which is the backbone of the development of any country,” he stated.
“If this is the way to end the ASUU strike, ASUU Bauchi Zone is taking exception to it and assuring Adamu Adamu that he is wrong; he has rather succeeded in undermining the future of Nigerian youths and Nigeria. If it would take him 6 months to only come up with this deceit as a solution to the strike, we have the right to ask whether he really was serious with Education or stage managing it.”
He dismissed the perception given by Adamu Adamu that the struggle by ASUU is all aimed at only improving the welfare of members and said their desire was to improve the university system to meet up global standards.
Prof Abubakar explained that Government has not taken any drastic measures that will warrant any consultations that may culminate in the suspension of the current strike action by ASUU members next week.
“ASUU Bauchi Zone takes exception to this neglect and insists that Public Universities in Nigeria must be globally competitive with the government providing the needed funds after stopping the wastages through programmes that are merely conduits for corruptly defrauding the government of its meagre resources such as incessant overseas travels.
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“The Zone also rejects the insulting and ridiculous award to ASUU members nationwide in that take-it-or-leave-it manner and insists that Federal Government must sit with the union and agree through the International Labour Organization recognized collective bargaining principle.
“We also take exception to Adamu Adamu’s charades at the State House Press Centre aimed at insulting, ridiculing, embarrassing and humiliating the best brains in the country. No government has attempted to humiliate ASUU as this one-not even a military regime.”
He insisted that ASUU members Bauchi Zone have resolved to be more determined in the ASUU struggle for the betterment of the Nigerian public university system.
“ASUU, Bauchi Zone calls on students, parents, Civil Society Organisations and the public to continue to understand and join hands with ASUU in this struggle aimed at saving the Nigerian Public University System by insisting that government has the resources and should commit such resources to adequately fund public university education.”
Prof Abubakar said they are not unmindful of the hardship and pains the strike has inflicted on the stakeholders including its members and urged all to take that as a sacrifice aimed at salvaging the system from total collapse.
“It is clear that Federal Government has offered nothing so far and is not willing to address the issues that provoked the current strike. Indications are just showing that government officials are hell-bent on embarrassing and humiliating ASUU members to submission.
“The Union calls on its members to continue to remain resolute and committed to this struggle for victory shall be on the side of Nigeria, by God’s will. The struggle is a patriotic one, it is legitimate and worthwhile,” he stated.
